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GCSE Biology past papers and mark schemes

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AQA GCSE Biology

8461 · 2015 to 2025

Edexcel GCSE Biology

1BI0 · 2012 to 2025

OCR GCSE Biology

J247 · 2013 to 2025

WJEC GCSE Biology

3400 · 2019 to 2025

CCEA GCSE Biology

1010

No CCEA GCSE Biology papers in the archive yet. The CCEA page › carries the specification, the papers you sit and the years examined.

The boards

About GCSE Biology

Not sure which board? Look at the front of any past paper. It names the board and carries a code: 8461 is AQA, 1BI0 is Edexcel, J247 is OCR, 3400 is WJEC and 1010 is CCEA.

AQA (8461), Edexcel (1BI0), OCR (J247), WJEC (3400) and CCEA (1010) set GCSE Biology, and the code is printed on the front of your paper. Each board below shows its newest papers and its questions by topic; the board's own page holds the full list.

AQA8461

Since 2018

Also 4401, 3415, 3411, 3413

140,000 a year

AQA's own site

Since 2016

Also 2BI01

20,000 a year

Edexcel's own site
OCRJ247

Since 2016

Also J257, J263

9,000 a year

OCR's own site
WJEC3400

Since 2016

8,000 a year

WJEC's own site
CCEA1010

Since 2017

Also G09

CCEA's own site

At a glance

256papers from 5 exam boards, November 2011 to June 2025.
919documents - question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports.
122topics classified across 1,301 questions.

GCSE Biology is examined in November, March, June and January. Each board's own page holds its full list, back to its first exam.

Foundation or Higher

FoundationPaper 1, Paper 2.
Code ends in 1F
HigherPaper 1, Paper 2.
Code ends in 1H

The code on the paper says which: 8461/1F is Foundation and 8461/1H is Higher.

Higher or Foundation, the mitochondria still powers the cell.

Memes

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Laugh now. Then pick your board and do a past paper.

Learn the whole of osmosis
Write ‘water moves’ and leave
Me on the 6-marker about potatoes
Knowing the mitochondria is the powerhouse
Knowing what ATP stands for
Drawing the heart the right way round
Explaining active transport without crying
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